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Lookout Bowl

Black diamond Sun Valley, ID

Steepest pitch31°
Vertical1,740 ft
Length4,164 ft
Average pitch25°
FacesE
Top9,127 ft

Lookout Bowl drops 1,740 vertical feet over 4,164 feet of skiing, with a steepest pitch of 31° about 70 feet below the top. That's steeper than 62% of the 4,740 black diamond runs we've measured in North America, and the 24th steepest of 99 named runs at Sun Valley. It faces east.

How well Lookout Bowl holds snow

Snow preservationBelow average

Facing east at an average 25°, Lookout Bowl gets about 108% of the winter sun that flat ground at Sun Valley does, December through March. That's sunnier than 78% of the runs we've measured, and the 16th sunniest named run at Sun Valley. Its top sits at 9,130 feet.

Angled toward the low winter sun, it bakes: powder turns heavy soon after a storm, and in spring it softens early in the day and refreezes hard overnight. Shading from ridges and trees isn't counted yet.

Lookout Bowl profile

under 25°25–35°35–45°45°+ Hover to follow the line on the map.

Where it is on the mountain

Runs like Lookout Bowl elsewhere

Nearby at Sun Valley

Measured by ZRankings from 1-meter USGS lidar. Steepest pitch is the steepest stretch of about 50 vertical feet along the skiable line. Run lines come from OpenStreetMap and can sit a little off the skied path.